In Winston's World, John Key is a voodoo doll he stabs with a pin whenever he gets bored.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater is backing his mate Judith Collins.

Judith Collins says her decision to quit will allow Prime Minister John Key to focus on the election campaign.

The man who may hold the balance of power after the election is considered the best card player among voters, according to the latest Herald-Digipoll.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says Judith Collins' credibility is in tatters and her accusations of lying about a plot to potentially roll Prime Minister John Key are hollow.

Two fresh faces have been catapulted up the New Zealand First ranks as the party dumped sitting MP Andrew Williams and demoted MP Asenati Lole-Taylor

A Herald-Digipoll has found that 57 per cent of respondents thought Winston Peters' Two Wongs joke was just harmless fun.

Former MP Ron Mark has re-joined New Zealand First, possibly at the expense of sitting MP Andrew Williams.

Two Aucklanders who share the name Wong have different opinions on Winston Peters' "two Wongs" joke.

How to explain Peters' "two Wongs don't make a right" excuse for a joke, writes John Armstrong.

Winston Peters' comment that "two Wongs don't make a right" is "outdated rhetoric" that has no place in the country's future, Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy says.

A Chinese name joke, a dig at this country's "Mr Spray and Walk Away" Prime Minister, and a promise of $1000 and a KiwiSaver account for every newborn baby - all featured in the New Zealand First campaign launch yesterday.

Winston Peters has a great jacket, capable of keeping the most unimaginable weather at bay. It was given to him by a racing club in Ireland. I'll have to take his word about its effectiveness.

Election emails fall from time and space on to the desk of columnist Toby Manhire - who shares them with you today. What do the say about NZ politics?

The revelation that a Chinese company plans to buy the Lochinver Station in the central North Island is manna to Winston Peters.

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Or so they say. Well, just try telling Winston Peters that.

The Conservative Party has been blocked from using its new "Vote" logo on ballot papers after the Electoral Commission found it was likely to confuse voters.

Colin Craig has been forced to pull one of his candidates into line after he threatened to name the sex offender who Labour Leader David Cunliffe recently met with.

A bankrupt businessman with convictions for tax avoidance is suing independent MP Brendan Horan and RadioLive in a $650,000 defamation claim.

As captivating and entertaining as such a contest would have been, Winston Peters is unlikely to throw himself feline-like into the pigeon loft, writes John Armstrong.

NZ First would take GST off basic food items and rates bills and would target tax dodgers to fund the expensive policies, leader Winston Peters said yesterday.

Winston Peters has borrowed heavily from other parties with policy announcements today.

Winston Peters said NZ First’s support is firming up and his party is taking votes from others across the board.

Winston Peters was the one cutting the birthday cake. But someone else was plunging the knife.

Conservative Party Leader Colin Craig has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Winston Peters over Foreign Minister Murray McCully's East Coast Bays seat.

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says he would not form a Government with National unless it agreed to introduce binding referenda.

NZ First Leader Winston Peters is promising to announce “game changing” policies to tackle social inequality.

NZ First Leader Winston Peters is taking the fight to Colin Craig by refusing to rule out standing against the Conservative Party Leader in East Coast Bays.